Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality

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MUNICIPALITY
I.4.4. THE RELIGIOUS CULTS
The main religious cult in Sibiu is that belonging to
the Orthodox Church. In 2002, during the Persons and
Residence Census, 142,886 inhabitants declared
themselves to belong to the orthodox cult. There is
also an important number of Roman-Catholics, Greek-
Catholics, and Lutheran believers. In this respect, the
data from the census is:
Stable population according to religion Sibiu Municipality Sibiu Păltiniş
Stable population - total 154,892 154,841 51
Orthodox 142,886 142,837 49
Roman-Catholic 2,304 2,303 1
Greek-Catholic 2,660 2,660 0
Lutheran 1,394 1,394 0
Augustan Confession Evangelic 859 859 0
Synodo-Presbyterian Lutheran Evangelic 833 832 1
Unitarian 128 128 0
Baptist 989 989 0
Pentecostal 831 831 0
7th Day Adventist 152 152 0
Christian after Gospel 636 636 0
Evangelic 406 406 0
The city of Sibiu has a great number of historically
important churches and cult houses; 11 of these are in
the city and many others in the adjacent villages.
Beside the specific service, the churches provide
social and educational services, the infrastructure and
human resources being of great importance for the
sustainable development.
I.4.5. MINORITIES
During the 2002 Person and Residence Census,
148,263 inhabitants declared themselves as being of
Romanian ethnicity. The second ethnicity is the
Hungarian one, followed by the German one. The data
extracted from the census figures:
Stable population according to ethnicity Sibiu Municipality Sibiu Păltiniş
Stable population - total 154,892 154,841 51
Romanians 148,263 148,212 51
Hungarians 3,134 3,134 0
Germans 2,444 2,444 0
Rroma 597 597 0
Saxons 64 64 0
Ukrainians 27 27 0
Serbians 12 12 0
Turks 25 25 0
Jews 33 33 0
Russians 15 15 0
Greeks 14 14 0
Poles 20 20 0
Italians 46 46 0
Csangos 43 43 0